Karen Marshall – forum organiser
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser commented on the post, Using genomic information on cattle in Africa 5 years, 5 months ago
…. though at present there are few (if any) government institutions with sufficient animal numbers and recording capabilities to generate the needed data for reference populations
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser commented on the post, Building a genomic reference resource on African cattle 5 years, 5 months ago
Many people have said this resource will be useful, but there has been limited discussion on how it will be used, who will benefit from its use etc.
It would be great to build on the perceptive comment of John Gibson –essentially that the resource design must lead to exciting and useful results generated from the early investment, to provide i…[Read more]
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser commented on the post, Using genomic information on cattle in Africa 5 years, 5 months ago
A customised SNP-chip is one potential outcome of the genomics reference resource – further discussions on the potential genomics reference resource are taking place under ‘discuss building’
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser commented on the post, Using genomic information on cattle in Africa 5 years, 5 months ago
Thanks Andrew. Note that in relation to paper-less data recording, it is possible to use new tools create for mobile devices – such as open data kit – to collect data along the lines you suggested. We have been testing this – along with provision of feedback to farmers based on their data.
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser commented on the post, Using genomic information on cattle in Africa 5 years, 5 months ago
Also, importantly, how farmers can improve their management practice based on record keeping. This, I feel, is likely to be a key incentive as it is immediate
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser wrote a new post, Current use of genomics / genetics in African livestock systems 5 years, 5 months ago
Below is a summary of contributions to date on the topic “What (real) examples of the application of genomic or genetic information to African livestock production systems (regardless of species) do we have […]
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser commented on the post, Using genomic information on cattle in Africa 5 years, 5 months ago
Yes excellent points.
I completely agree that well-designed, robust and sustainable breed improvement programs are absolute requirements (without that, genomic selection cannot add value), and that many issues need to be addressed to achieve this – institutional arrangements, farmer incentives, delivery systems etc.etc.
Given your…[Read more]
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser commented on the post, Using genomic information on cattle in Africa 5 years, 5 months ago
What is the underlying objective of the project – is it a breed comparison?
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser commented on the post, Using genomic information on cattle in Africa 5 years, 5 months ago
To this end, I would like to see a study on farmer incentives for engaging in recording schemes – we are working on the assumption that feedback to farmers (based on information they have submitted) that assists them in management decisions (health-care, feeding, breeding etc.) will provide this incentive, but that is yet to be well tested
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser commented on the post, Using genomic information on cattle in Africa 5 years, 5 months ago
Excellent points, and great that genomic information will be used for breed composition also in Rwanda dairy
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser commented on the post, Building a genomic reference resource on African cattle 5 years, 5 months ago
And please don’t forget to take the survey – the ‘take survey’ button is on the top bar
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser commented on the post, Building a genomic reference resource on African cattle 5 years, 5 months ago
Yes I agree on strategic selection of animals – we can priorities influential animals when we have that information, but unfortunately their are few cases of this. It would be great if others could comment on breeding / recording programs on African cattle of which they are aware
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser commented on the post, Building a genomic reference resource on African cattle 5 years, 5 months ago
Thanks – we will come back to the issue or breed prioritization later in the survey, as we will have to make some initial choices as the resource builds up
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser commented on the post, Building a genomic reference resource on African cattle 5 years, 5 months ago
Thanks for your insightful comment. Yes I agree that we need early results / applications to stimulate future investments. Could you give some examples of what you have in mind.
I will come back to the issue of which breeds, how many animals, what information etc. a bit later in the forum
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser commented on the post, Using genomic information on cattle in Africa 5 years, 5 months ago
And please don’t forget to participate in the survey – use the ‘take survey’ button on the top bar
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser commented on the post, Using genomic information on cattle in Africa 5 years, 5 months ago
Hi All. Thanks for the discussion to date on topic 1 – current applications of genetics or genomics to African livestock systems. We have collected a few examples of these, but please keep contributing. I will summaries all examples at the of the forum.
I would also like to add a new discussion topic – what genetic or genomic applications have…[Read more]
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser‘s profile was updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser wrote a new post, Welcome to the Cattle Genomics in Africa web forum 5 years, 5 months ago
Dear colleagues,
Today we are launching our discussion. During the coming two weeks we will focus on:
Current and future applications of genomics to cattle in Africa – in particular, which applications a […]
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Looking forward to participating in the web forum. Great initiative!
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In line with the comment of Yakubu mojid, yes their quite some research work done on cattle genomics in Africa but when you take them into consideration they were all trying to characterise them into groups with little or no any work with objective or aim for improvement using molecular techniques.much of the research works done were more on poultry and aquaculture.
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Good morning dear colleagues,
Let me start by appreciating those who put this platform in place; you have done a good job. I wish to urge us to take some effort to place genomics properly in the perspectives and peculiarities of cattle husbandry systems in Africa. The bulk of the cattle in the region are kept under various pastoral systems that need modifications for molecular genetical technologies to be optimally exploited.
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser‘s profile was updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Karen Marshall – forum organiser‘s profile was updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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To do to be! If we work hard, nothing is IMPOSSIBLE!
the wind is blowing southwards now, we will now study the Malawi breed composition